Button and loop sock suspender



Oct. 2, 1951 J. HORA BUTTON AND LOOP SOCK SUSPENDER Filed Aug. 18, 1947 A ma/ Patented Oct. 2, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT omce Application August 18, 1947, Serial No. 769,275 In Switzerland July 10, 1946 Section 1, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires July 10, 1966 The present invention relates to a hosiery holder provided with a yoke for attaching to a retaining band and with a clamping arrangement for holding the stocking or sock, the movable portions of the clamping arrangement being held in place by means of lugs engaging in recesses.

Hosiery holders are already known wherein the movable clamping portions lie in superposed relation and are carried in a U-shaped holding portion. Since the movable clamping portions in this case are retained in the arms of the U-shaped holding portion merely by means of the lugs and are not supported when in clamping position the lugs are subjected to very heavy strains so that there is danger of their breaking or that they may come out of the recesses due to bending of the arms of the holding portion. Furthermore, the superposed clamping portions do not insure an absolutely positive retention of the stocking or sock and the strength of the holder is reduced.

In accordance with the present invention as applied to such a hosiery holder, a portion of a crank link of the clamping arrangement is pivoted to a closed frame, said crank link being constituted'of two halves held together by a lug, each half having a lug for journaling the pressure-applying member of the crank link, the crank link portion composed of two halves being provided with a stop for insuring holding the pressure-applying member in clamping position, all rotatable parts being supported when in clamping position so as to relieve the load on the lugs. Inasmuch as all rotatable parts are disposed in a closed frame, great strength is imparted to the device and positive retention of the hose is insured. The strength of the device is moreover increased by the feature that all rotatable portions are supported when in clamping position since by this means the lugs are relieved of load and cannot break. At the same time, making one of the crank link portions in two halves simplifies the manufacture of these parts since the halves are of simple shape and, therefore, can be more easily and cheaply made.

Two forms of invention are shown, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 shows a front view of a first form of fitting for a stocking suspender;

Fig. 2 a longitudinal section along the line 11-11 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 a second form of fitting for a sock suspender, and

1 Claim; (01. 24-245) Fig. 4 a side view thereof. 1 The fitting shown in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises a frame 35!, the upper portion of which is: formed as a strap buckle and is provided with aslot I 3| for threading the strap therethrough, and a.

transverse bridge 32. Two studs 33, engagedin recesses of a dog 34, are provided in frame 30. Dog 34, thus, is pivotable from the clamping position shown in Fig. 2 in the direction indicated by the arrow A. Dog 34 is provided with two lateral lugs 35 acting as abutments, in the said clamping position, abutting against frame 30. The active edge 36 of dog 34 is cut back to afford a positive grip on the strap threaded between said edge and bridge 32. I

Two further studs 31 integral with frame 30, serve for pivoting a crank-link element of the clamping device, which element comprises two portions 38, 39. Portion 39, in its turn, is provided with a stud 40 engaged in a recess 4i of the other portion 38. Each portion 38, 39 is provided with a stud 42 for pivotably supporting a stay 44, and further with an abutment 43 which only permits of pivoting the said portions in direction of the arrow B when stay 44 of the clamping device is to be moved out of its operative position. Two cam snugs 52 are provided on frame 30, which, in the clamping position, enter into a recess 53 each disposed on the outside face, thus securing portions 38, 39 and stay 44 in the clamping position against disengagement. The frame 30 is formed of plastic yieldable synthetic material and its sides can be spread apart for inserting the clamping member and crank-link lugs in the recesses, whereupon the frame is permitted to elastically spring back to its shape. In order to disengage the stay 44 pressure is applied thereon in the direction of the arrow B; this causes the lugs 52 to be pushed out of the recesses 53 due to the yielding resiliency of the frame 30. The two portions 38, 3 5 of the crank link element are now free to swing simultaneously with the stay 44 in the direction of the arrow B.

The form of invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, specifically adapted as sock-Suspender fitting, differs from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in that the slot 45 of the tab buckle is disposed in a plane approximately parallel to the median plane of frame 30, as is also the pivotal axis of dog 41 which is disposed in a recess 48, which axis passes through the two studs 46 integral with frame 30. A bridge or traverse 50 separates recess 48 from recess 49, which latter houses the twopart crank link 38, 39, and stay 44. The dog 41 is provided with two lateral lugs 54 acting as abut- -ments in the clamping position of the dog by abutting against the frame 30.

The form of invention according to Figs. 3 and 4 permits, on one hand, of threading the leg band (not shown) through. slot 45, and of.

securing, in a manner known, the fitting to the end of said band. The free end of the latter then only has to be threaded between dog 41 (which for such purpose is pivoted out of engagement) and the bridge or traverse 5l, and dog 41' piv oted back into engagement (as shown in Fig. 4

to secure the fitting on the wearers leg.

tic material provided with a central opening, a

' gaging a recess provided in the other half, each The suspender fittings according to Figs. 1-4

have the advantage, as compared with those of prior art, of a more simple adaptation, by .Virtue of arranging the two requisite clamping on a frame made of only one piece. The. provision of studs as pivots and as carriers for the pivotable elements, further, avoids the use of holding pins to be threaded through bores thus permitting of lowering manufacturing costs as compared with prior designs. Further advantages of. the invention result from the provision of stops, or abutments on the pivotable elements, to prevent the latter from being pressed past theirclamping positions with a view-of eliminating the possibility of any involuntary slacking or disconnection of the fitting from the earmerit, from the tab or from the leg band, and from the arcuate adaptation of the bridges 32 or-5l onto which the tab or leg band is clamped fastby-Ineans of .the dog 34 or 41. The form of bridge selected. may be pressed into a straighter shape, when made of a suitable material (such as plastic), by virtue of a certain inherent resilience, Which feature contributes to an in crease, in the clamping pressure onto the tab or leg band.

I claim:

Ahosiery' holder comprising a frame of plasofthe halves of the crank-link being pivotally connected to the pressure member by means of a lug and recess connection having its axis in 'spaced parallel relationship to the axis of said first mentioned lug. and recess connection pivotally connecting two halves to the frame, whereby said pressure member may be brought into hose clamping position or hose releasing position by a pivotal movement of said halves, means on the frame and on said two halves for yieldingly holding the crank-link against pivotal movement' when the pressure member is inclamping position; said pressure member, said two halves; of the crank-link and the frame having bodily' contact when the pressure member is inclamp ing position to relieve the lug and recess cone neetions from load.

JOSEF' HORA- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in' the file of this patent:

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